Then for all we know Mary could have been God's 15th choice to bear His Son? :)
We don’t know; all we know is that she said ‘yes’ and we are where we are because of that acceptance.
Not really, since there never would have been any scripture if God had chosen to give up upon being told "No". IOW, if God would have simply moved on to ask the next young girl, then SOMEONE would have eventually said "yes". Even under your supposition, we are where we are ONLY because God refused to give up. So, Mary would only be worthy of your veneration IF God had decided it would be Mary or there would be no Christianity, AND that Mary was free to decline. Thankfully, God's love for His elect proved much stronger than taking a chance like that.
Couldn’t have said it better myself.
It could be that when God said a virgin would bear a child, he meant eventually that would happen, and when it does, then God will bless her, whoever it is. Then, a few hundred years later it happened. So then God sends a messenger to tell her of the good news.:>)
No, because God knows our hearts and choices before they are made. In His foreknowledge, He knew Mary would be the person she was and was therefore the only candidate for the role. There is a difference between foreknowledge and predestination.
If God can handle the whole universe, I am sure He can handle our choices without having to make any of them for us.
I don’t think that the omnipotent and ever present God would have been stymied by a young Jewish girl.
Mary would only be worthy of veneration if she had done what she had done. I don’t understand the inability to understand such a concept. We think rather highly of George Washington because of what he has done. What’s the difference?